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04 Oct 2007, 10:18 pm

Applied Science (what could I do with that degree?)

Architecture

Business Administration (I have been thinking of opening my own hobby shop)

Computer Information Systems (computers do interest me but my wife tells me that I'd be nothing more that a glorified administrative assistant)

Note: I suck at math and I have Asperger's



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05 Oct 2007, 2:28 am

If you suck at math, that'll be hard....because almost every useful degree requires math.

If you're good at languages, I say you take Chinese and become a translator.

I don't think programming takes much math....but I could be wrong, because I don't program...(and it's in high demand)

If you're good at writing, I'd say go for Journalism.

For Architecture and Business Administration....you need math.



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05 Oct 2007, 10:23 am

Applied science might be useful for getting a job in the sciences, it really depends upon what science you study. Physics and chemistry would take a lot of math though so it might not be that desirable.

Architecture is something that I heard is hard and very time consuming. It is less math than many things. It focuses a lot on art I think, but there are some math parts to it I would imagine.

Business administration is also not incredibly mathy but the intro math, stats, and accounting classes might not be a fun trip, however, I would imagine that once you got past that you would mostly study administration theory which would be more verbal.

Computer information systems might be less mathy than some paths, however, computer science theory does involve some math. It really depends on how theoretical they get with computer languages. It could get you a good job but if you don't like programming it might not be the best path.



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05 Oct 2007, 1:38 pm

Cyanide wrote:
If you're good at languages, I say you take Chinese and become a translator.

If you're good at writing, I'd say go for Journalism.



Ummm, did I mention journalism or a language as a course of study?

I can take what they offer in my area.

I think I could learn math.



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05 Oct 2007, 7:40 pm

digger1 wrote:
Applied Science (what could I do with that degree?)

Architecture

Business Administration (I have been thinking of opening my own hobby shop)

Computer Information Systems (computers do interest me but my wife tells me that I'd be nothing more that a glorified administrative assistant)

Note: I suck at math and I have Asperger's

Maybe business admin. The others all involve math usually (unless you want to do biology as a science). I suck at math too, oh well.



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06 Oct 2007, 11:46 pm

Business isn't really that bad with Math.



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16 Oct 2007, 12:27 am

Go with the one you would like most. Don't be concerned with your wife's opinion on what a major would mean unless she is an expert in that area. Just a note: there are useful majors which do not require alot of math. There are different types of knowlege none is more valuable than the other.